Tuesday, April 28, 2015

BPN 1705: Flanders E-book market up 11 pct

In cooperation withBoek.beCB has designed a quarterlyinfographicon the developmentsoftheE-bookin Flanders.As in the Netherlands, the E-book in Flanders is on the increase in number ofe-booksalescompared2014. Sales ofe-books in Flandershave risen by11 percent inthe first quarter of2015 and e-books now account for3.8 percentof the total numberof books soldin the first quarterof2015. Remarkably is that 73 percent of the tot E-book sales can be classified as literature (novels, stories).

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About Me

Jak Boumans (1945) is principal consultant with Electronic Media Reporting, a private consultancy specialised in content strategy, based in Almere (The Netherlands). In 1970 he started in the publishing industry with companies like VNU and Kluwer, particularly in general encyclopaedias. From 1980 he got involved in electronic publishing, running a videotex studio. In 1984 he launched a daily online newsletter for the computer industry from London. In 1987 he was part of the production team that produced the first Dutch subscription CD-ROM for Kluwer for lawyers.
In 1990 he started the private company Electronic Media Reporting, a consultancy specialised in content. He worked for international organisation ( European Commission, OESO), Dutch ministries, national organisations and companies.
He is secretary-general of the European Academy of Digital Media (EADiM) and board member of the multimedia competition World Summit Award (WSA).
He has written for national and international magazines. He was contributor, editor and editor-in-chief of Telecombrief (1981-2004). He wrote, contributed to and co-edited books. His last book in Dutch was on Pre-internet in de polder (1967-1997).